“When he showed me pictures of those people, he told me how they worked. Then I got scared, but it was too late. I was his accomplice.”
Emily was in shock. So, he not only planned to rob her, but to kill her, and she had been miraculously saved by discovering his plans at the airport.
“Pamela, do you have proof?”
“Text messages with those people. Ethan thought he had deleted them all, but I took screenshots. I saved them on a USB drive.”
“Where is the drive?”
“At my house. In a box on my dresser. A small pink one.”
“Why are you telling me this?”
“Because I realized that Ethan is a monster. He used me just like he used you and everyone else. And when he no longer needed me, he would have discarded me, too.”
“And your husband, Victor.”
“Victor is a good man. I was an idiot to betray him. Now I want to at least redeem part of my guilt.”
“What do you want in return?”
“Tell Victor I am sorry and let him know the truth about the child.”
After the meeting with Pamela, Emily went straight to see Detective Vargas. The new information radically changed the case.
“A contract killing?” Vargas asked. “Are you sure?”
“Pamela is willing to testify and has evidence.”